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[AceMcCloud]

I was not sure which forum to post this in...

I have written a Windows Installer package using Wise Installer Pro 3.5 and
am having two problems.

My application is auto-reinstalling itself when I run another app that
is not even a part of the setup. I have taken out all KeyPath's out of the
Component table, which I thought would prevent any auto-repairing from
occuring. I then uninstalled the old installation and then reinstalled and
ran the offending app. Again reinstall. Are there other KeyPath's that I
haven't seen? In the Event Viewer I can see that one of the components
referenced is a directory, which I remove myself manually after a successful
install, but again I expect this to NOT be a problem since I removed all
KeyPath's. Am I missing something here?


Thanks.  

[Stefan Krueger]

From MSI Help:
KeyPath
This value points to a file or folder belonging to the component that the installer uses to detect the component. ... If the value is not NULL, then KeyPath is either a primary key into the Registry, ODBCDataSource, or File tables depending upon the Attribute value. If KeyPath is null, then the folder of the Directory_ column is used as the key path.

So the directory is now your key path.